Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-12-15
KRELLS JOHN

,bs dreary months of the year,
~ - The dreariest, down by the sea-
.! -aorrmous with high gales and
~ ain. alternated by snow-squalls
tss, freezing cold. Lucky the
~bo has been sufficiently forehand
/ .mov himself holiday during that
ps,ter to doze by the humblest
4 j. ,b,pyh the good wife scolds and
/ s.bios cry, than riding the winter
ENC nv the snow-bees and numb
1 b- Wind, with more than likely
| frozen noze or fingers to pay for
~, marines were awake to this in
[r,sile fact, the Stormhaven fishers
INV we're. for as January Is the
| ,,g.t month, so Stormhaven was the
1 Ia. Mace in which to spend it. A
/, b,og-beaten little settlement, whose
| sos.t WAS more wrecks and drowned
1 han any neighboring village.
| .sen bv the gales and dashed by the
| bore a forlorn aspect OF fright,
moving in which quarter to look
:. .ety The houses, 5uilt for protec.
-9m the wind, faced all points of
uos.s. and the streets in turn fol
the cratic example of the dwell
g5ich. though undoubtedly conyen-
vas scarcely according to a survey
I 5ts Of beauty. In fact, on the mild
| SIMMER day, Stormhayen was not
HIM. ia appearance; and now, IN g
{ieung. angry snow gust, which chased
waves topping over each other to-
shore, it looked like some deserted
e Of the polar regions, rather than
S,eDec.able Atlantic town 1t claimed
on the map.
me signs of human life we're visible
be beach, however, in the shape Of
reu engaged in launching a fishing
regardless of the driving flakes.
hing but q cheerful party apparent
4 zee Of the number wearing scowls
f1g in intensity from mild perpler-
T. deepest wrath, while the fourth and
tgest concealed his brow, and conse-
(lty bis feelings, beneath an oil skin
drawn low over his eyes.
/ silence and gloom the quartetto
~ on until the preplexed members
H. oysrcame him. he was a mild
gled giant in a faded ea-jacket,
se pockets he nervously explored rs
Eroke.
wet We sed las night, Krell, causes
ter 60, in course we'd he taken it
be slowly volunteered, but his
hand companion snapped him up
BE The words fairly left his mouth.
EPsak fer Yerself, young feller,"
V.ei the second speaker, with dignity.
Tin thy Arell IL hankerin' fer a friz
.e, him get il, se2 |. Eff man is
enrf to put off en- SIGH a sturm
.5r few words, let him go, SEE L
'ed en- joke sh'd be took en- joke,
a man makes arrest off it, 'taiE't
fault, nor yours uuther."
ll hrsll said nothing. He had
'tl 'he golden value of silence from
|sreuce
''eoysr bis father and himself were
ouase the voyage, he preferred
ing a frozen no2e peacefully, rather
bringing down the parental vials of
ioAo purpose.
p. Vi The Stormhayen residents con
20 hTel,s John as rather weak
's1 il giving way to his fathers Cd
60 be did; forbeacance ana sab
'- beng nothing short of an imbe-
W 'o their rigorous understandings.
e-e should have @ wall of his own,
even expected to possess such a
l-l surely a man OF no spirit is a
utr'lra.
4'.us John persisted on his tran
t!' ID +aies- of criticism or advice.
great reverence for the FIFTH
l,@cut, and a still greater horror
-..i disturbances.
-o-t convincing arguments in the
''-'1 rebound Intellectually from
-..l -'1or of his fathers's obstinaey,
-5'sioie waste breathe
-' opinion alone he remained firm.
|. 0l threats, sneers, and storminpg
f'L'on naturally, was the identicsl
a'- Others that he shouldn't have
-.1 ."e subject of it was "Widder
q. HANNAH
--.g was pretty and Hannah was
owning crime of aU, her faith
,.. 1tbt q fish in his life, be-
....a' Who, years before. carried
49,. "I the coast as his wife. on.
.. I'D 'o send her back broken in
Try. @ and SPIRIT, OF course. the
'.1e1 virtue could net outweigh
F..u. eAa likewise, of course, She
-a' dreamy John mast need
Pnde has lodgi.g even in
....". '.t-i, Stormhaven fisher.
a.. u l.nothy Erell was by no
with The daughter his son
~. Present him.
esim TO more Of the ~.
Fable real estate Of storm
i ...s '.aer man of the place:
aa hsd at least $4,000
ud lastly and most
could trace his ancestors
misty shades Of the